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Jalandhar Dalit leader Pawan Kumar leaves Akali Dal, joins AAP
Chandigarh: Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got a boost in the Doaba region as a Dalit leader of Jalandhar and former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) legislator Pawan Kumar Tinu joined it…
- Pakistan
Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif felicitates Sikhs on Baisakhii
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday felicitated the Sikhs on the occasion of the Baisakhi festival as about 3,000 Indian Sikhs arrived in Punjab province to participate in the celebrations.…
- India
Amritpal Singh’s mother held day before proposed march in his support
Amritsar: The mother of Amritpal Singh was arrested here on Sunday, a day before a march is to be taken out to demand that the radical Sikh preacher be shifted from Dibrugarh…
- India
Punjab: Sacked AAP MP joins Congress, likely to contest from Patiala
New Delhi: Sacked AAP parliamentarian Dharamvira Gandhi, who won the 2014 polls by defeating Congress candidate sitting MP and former Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs Preneet Kaur from…
- Crime
Girl dies after eating birthday cake ordered online in Punjab; case registered
Chandigarh: The birthday celebrations of a 10-year-old girl turned tragic after she reportedly died a day after eating her birthday cake ordered online in Patiala. The police said on Saturday that a…
- India
District poll panels fix varied menu, ceiling for LS polls expenditure
New Delhi: Candidates in Punjab’s Jalandhar can spend Rs 15 for a cup of tea and the same price for a samosa they offer to people during public meetings and campaign trails…
- India
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann blessed with baby girl
Chandigarh: Amid poll heat, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his wife Gurpreet Kaur were blessed with a baby girl on Thursday. Bhagwant Mann shared the news on X with a post…
- India
BJP will contest LS polls on its own in Punjab: State BJP chief Sunil Jakhar
Chandigarh: The BJP will contest the Lok Sabha polls on its own in Punjab, the party’s state unit chief Sunil Jakhar said on Tuesday. The announcement came amid a buzz over talks…
- India
Punjab BJP urges EC to order probe into state’s excise policy
Chandigarh: A delegation of the Punjab BJP on Saturday urged the Election Commission of India to order an ED probe into the state excise policy, which it claimed was tailored along the…
- India
Punjab CM leaves for Delhi, AAP to hold protests
Chandigarh: As Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday left for Delhi to express solidarity with his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, the AAP has asked…
- India
LS polls: EC transfers district police chiefs in Punjab, Assam
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday transferred district police chiefs in Assam and Punjab, who are kin of prominent politicians, and shunted out “non-cadre” district magistrates and superintendents of police in…
- India
Moosewala’s father alleges Punjab govt ‘harassing’ him over newborn son
Chandigarh: Balkaur Singh, the father of late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, has accused the Punjab government of harassing him over the birth of his second son. Singh and his wife Charan Kaur…